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1462180

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support women at risk of homelessness following their release from prison.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ending rough sleeping and the Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless.</p><p>To achieve this, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) have launched a new transitional accommodation service providing up to 12 weeks’ basic accommodation and support for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness. Originally launched in 5 probation regions, we will roll out the service across England and Wales this year, supporting the thousands of prison leavers who leave prison each year who would otherwise lack stable accommodation. We started the first phase of the commercial process to deliver this expansion in January and published the Invitation to Tender on 18th May 2022.</p><p>The service takes account of the needs of women, including those with complex needs, with accommodation provision dedicated to single gender usage. Community Probation Practitioners will work with local partners to ensure that vulnerable female prison leavers receive appropriate support and are provided with housing beyond the 12 weeks transitional accommodation.</p><p>HMPPS has also introduced Housing Specialists in twenty prisons, to support prisons to be more strategic in their response to reducing homelessness, including working in partnership with Probation teams and Local Authorities to develop accommodation pathways on release from prison. Our White Paper outlines our commitment to increase the number of Housing Specialists to 48 across England and Wales, including within the female estate.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2022 11:01:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1451883

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125417 on Prisoners’ Release: Females, if he will publish a proposed timeline for the national expansion of the Community Accommodation Service-Tier 3 (CAS3) provision.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	141271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless. By 2024-5, we will invest £200m per year to transform our approach to rehabilitation. We have issued the Community Accommodation Service-Tier 3 (CAS3) prior information notice which is available via the following link: <a href="https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000136-2022" target="_blank">https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000136-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS defines homelessness, in accordance with the legal definition, as being where the individual does not have any accommodation available and reasonable for them to occupy, including where they may be rough sleeping, squatting or in a night shelter, emergency hostel, or campsite.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the number of women leaving prison who make use of housing specialists is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Between July and December 2021, 659 women accessed accommodation support through the Commissioned Rehabilitation Services (CRS), either before or after being released from custody. All offenders who leave prison are provided support through Community Probation Practitioners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 141272 141273 question first answered 21/03/2022 18:01:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1451885

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125417 on Prisoners’ Release: Females, how many women leaving prison accessed (a) community probation practitioners, (b) women’s commissioned rehabilitation service and (c) housing specialists.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	141272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless. By 2024-5, we will invest £200m per year to transform our approach to rehabilitation. We have issued the Community Accommodation Service-Tier 3 (CAS3) prior information notice which is available via the following link: <a href="https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000136-2022" target="_blank">https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000136-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS defines homelessness, in accordance with the legal definition, as being where the individual does not have any accommodation available and reasonable for them to occupy, including where they may be rough sleeping, squatting or in a night shelter, emergency hostel, or campsite.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the number of women leaving prison who make use of housing specialists is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Between July and December 2021, 659 women accessed accommodation support through the Commissioned Rehabilitation Services (CRS), either before or after being released from custody. All offenders who leave prison are provided support through Community Probation Practitioners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 141271 141273 question first answered 21/03/2022 18:01:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1451886

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125417 on Prisoners’ Release: Females, how his Department defines homelessness in the context of accommodation outcomes for prison leavers.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	141273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless. By 2024-5, we will invest £200m per year to transform our approach to rehabilitation. We have issued the Community Accommodation Service-Tier 3 (CAS3) prior information notice which is available via the following link: <a href="https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000136-2022" target="_blank">https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000136-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS defines homelessness, in accordance with the legal definition, as being where the individual does not have any accommodation available and reasonable for them to occupy, including where they may be rough sleeping, squatting or in a night shelter, emergency hostel, or campsite.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the number of women leaving prison who make use of housing specialists is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Between July and December 2021, 659 women accessed accommodation support through the Commissioned Rehabilitation Services (CRS), either before or after being released from custody. All offenders who leave prison are provided support through Community Probation Practitioners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 141271 141272 question first answered 21/03/2022 18:01:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1439356

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to agree and implement a Women’s Prison Release Protocol with co-signatories to the London Blueprint for Women in contact with the Criminal Justice System.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	137212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>My officials engage regularly with the Mayor’s Office for Crime and Policing, including attending the Blueprint Delivery Group. As set out in the Concordat we encourage the creation of Whole System Approaches that will improve partnership working locally.</p><p> </p><p>In the Prisons Strategy White Paper, we committed to developing a resettlement passport, which will bring together the key information and services that an individual needs for successful resettlement into society. The passport will be a practical and personalised tool that organises, plans and records the information and services needed to support prison leavers’ resettlement, alongside providing information to professionals working with them. We recognise the needs of women differ and resettlement passports will help prisons move further towards a more personalised and integrated approach based on the individual needs of the offender. We will engage with stakeholders throughout the development and implementation of the passport to ensure it is effective and fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/03/2022 15:00:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1435376

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what accommodation support they provide for women on release from prison who have been held on remand.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>Our vision is that no one who is subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless.</p><p>Women on remand are supported to meet resettlement needs and prepare for release by Probation staff in prisons. We will supplement this support from Probation staff with access to specialist accommodation support for all women on remand or sentenced in custody by the summer of this year.</p><p>We currently provide a Community Accommodation Service (CAS3), which provides temporary accommodation for sentenced women at risk of homelessness upon release from prison, in five probation regions and aim to expand this to all regions across England and Wales.</p><p>In 2021, we introduced Housing Specialists in twenty prisons, including four women’s prisons, to support prisons and probation in their strategic response to reducing homelessness. We intend to increase these to 48 across England and Wales, including across the women’s estate.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme in July 2021 to support offenders at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Overall, this financial year, £13 million has been allocated to 87 schemes across 145 local authorities.</p><p>To ensure consistent and accurate data recording, HMPPS, in collaboration with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities (DLUHC) and the Welsh Government, has recently updated the Accommodation Recording Guidance to ensure Probation regions have a clear and consistent understanding of the accommodation status definitions, and how to record accurately. The Guidance defines homelessness as where an individual is rough sleeping, squatting, residing in night shelters, emergency hostels or campsites. Individuals with other forms of temporary, short-term or otherwise unstable accommodation are encompassed by the ‘unsettled accommodation’ category in published statistics.</p><p>Accommodation circumstances for offenders are reported annually as official statistics. Data for the period 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 will be published in July 2022 in the Community Performance Annual report.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL6419 question first answered 10/03/2022 17:34:03 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1435377

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of their data on whether women leaving prison have (1) safe, and (2) sustainable, accommodation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>Our vision is that no one who is subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless.</p><p>Women on remand are supported to meet resettlement needs and prepare for release by Probation staff in prisons. We will supplement this support from Probation staff with access to specialist accommodation support for all women on remand or sentenced in custody by the summer of this year.</p><p>We currently provide a Community Accommodation Service (CAS3), which provides temporary accommodation for sentenced women at risk of homelessness upon release from prison, in five probation regions and aim to expand this to all regions across England and Wales.</p><p>In 2021, we introduced Housing Specialists in twenty prisons, including four women’s prisons, to support prisons and probation in their strategic response to reducing homelessness. We intend to increase these to 48 across England and Wales, including across the women’s estate.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme in July 2021 to support offenders at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Overall, this financial year, £13 million has been allocated to 87 schemes across 145 local authorities.</p><p>To ensure consistent and accurate data recording, HMPPS, in collaboration with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities (DLUHC) and the Welsh Government, has recently updated the Accommodation Recording Guidance to ensure Probation regions have a clear and consistent understanding of the accommodation status definitions, and how to record accurately. The Guidance defines homelessness as where an individual is rough sleeping, squatting, residing in night shelters, emergency hostels or campsites. Individuals with other forms of temporary, short-term or otherwise unstable accommodation are encompassed by the ‘unsettled accommodation’ category in published statistics.</p><p>Accommodation circumstances for offenders are reported annually as official statistics. Data for the period 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 will be published in July 2022 in the Community Performance Annual report.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL6418 question first answered 10/03/2022 17:34:03 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1434891

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 109322 on Prisoners' Release: Females, whether he has a targets to reduce the proportion of women recorded as being homeless or rough sleeping at the point of release.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	128406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless. By 2024-25 we will spend £200 million a year to reduce reoffending, including expanding the transitional accommodation service across England and Wales to support those leaving prison without accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme on 28 July 2021 to support offenders at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Overall, this financial year, £13 million has been allocated to 87 schemes across 145 local authorities. Combined with our temporary accommodation service, this builds a pathway from prison to settled accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Our Female Offender Strategy (2018) committed to pilot Residential Women’s Centres, offering an intensive, rehabilitative residential support package in the community for women at risk of short custodial sentences and move-on to settled accommodation. Our first Residential Women’s Centre will be located in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The HM Prisons and Probation Service Target Operating Model for probation services in England and Wales, published in February 2021, included a target on the number of individuals being housed on release from custody (90%). There is an additional metric concerning settled accommodation for all supervised individuals (those released from prison and those on community sentences) three months after commencement of their supervision (80%). These targets are the same for both male and female offenders.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2022 16:21:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1433491

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include unsafe, temporary and insecure accommodation within definitions of homelessness when collecting data on women leaving prison.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL6317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Data on settled accommodation for supervised women prison leavers from 2017/18 to 2019/20 is currently recorded and published in the Community Performance Statistics on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics#community-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics#community-performance-statistics</a>). Data for 2020/21 will be published in July.</p><p>To ensure consistent and accurate data recording, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), in collaboration with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities (DLUHC) and the Welsh Government, has recently updated the Accommodation Recording Guidance to ensure probation regions have a clear and consistent understanding of the accommodation status definitions, and how to record accurately. The Guidance defines homelessness as where an individual is rough sleeping, squatting, residing in night shelters, emergency hostels or campsites. Individuals with other forms of temporary, short-term or otherwise unstable accommodation are encompassed within the ‘unsettled accommodation’ category in published statistics.</p><p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless.</p><p>To achieve this, HMPPS launched a new transitional accommodation service providing up to 12 weeks’ accommodation and support for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness. The service was launched last July in five probation areas in England. From 2024-5, we will spend £200m per year to reduce reoffending, including expanding the provision to support the thousands of people across England and Wales who leave prison each year without accommodation. The service takes account of the needs of women with accommodation provision dedicated to single gender usage as required.</p><p> </p><p>DLUHC launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme on 28 July 2021 to support offenders at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Overall, this financial year, £13 million has been allocated to 87 schemes across 145 local authorities. Combined with our temporary accommodation service, this builds a pathway from prison to settled accommodation.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar grouped question UIN HL6318 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:31:47 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

1433492

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the annual report by the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/Young Offenders Institute Bronzefield, published in November 2021; in particular, the finding that 77 per cent of women prisoners faced homelessness on release; and what plans they have to establish a funded pathway that ensures women leaving prison have access to safe and secure accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL6319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>We appreciate the work of the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) and welcome the scrutiny they provide, including the findings of this report on HMP &amp; YOI Bronzefield. Their findings regarding accommodation for female prison leavers reflect the specific challenges women face in securing suitable accommodation.</p><p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our vision that no-one subject to probation supervision is released from prison homeless.</p><p>To achieve this, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) launched a new transitional accommodation service providing up to 12 weeks' accommodation and support for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness. The service was initially launched last July in five probation areas in England, including in Kent Surrey and Sussex. From 2024-5, we will invest £200m per year to transform our approach to rehabilitation. This includes expanding the transitional accommodation service across England and Wales to support the thousands of people who leave prison each year without accommodation, as announced in the Prison Strategy White Paper published in December 2021.</p><p>The transitional accommodation takes account of the needs of women, including those with complex needs, with accommodation provision dedicated to single gender usage as required.</p><p>HMPPS has also introduced Housing Specialists in twenty prisons, including HMP Bronzefield, to support prisons to be more strategic in their response to reducing homelessness, including working in partnership with Probation teams and Local Authorities to develop accommodation pathways on release from prison. Our White Paper outlines our commitment to increase the number of Housing Specialists to 48 across England and Wales, including within the female estate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders (AFEO) scheme on 28 July 2021 to support offenders at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Overall, this financial year, £13 million has been allocated to 87 schemes across 145 local authorities. Combined with our temporary accommodation service, this builds a pathway from prison to settled accommodation.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 07/03/2022 16:41:27 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger